Portland Head Lighthouse
knapph
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I have been doing some computer housecleaning and have come across a few shots of Portland Head Lighthouse that I had on my to be processed list. So, I processed them. (The real point of this posting is to entice you to visit Maine and spend some money here - we like our summer visitors).
From 21 August, 2008:
The small dark shape on the horizon just right of center is Ram Ledge Lighthouse.
This is the only time I have been able to shoot a contrail at sunrise. I liked the way it turned out.
The previous two shots were made from the south side of the lighthouse, this one is made from a spot on the cliffs to the north of the lighthouse.
Hope you enjoy and come visit us.
Knapp
Portland, Maine
From 21 August, 2008:
The small dark shape on the horizon just right of center is Ram Ledge Lighthouse.
This is the only time I have been able to shoot a contrail at sunrise. I liked the way it turned out.
The previous two shots were made from the south side of the lighthouse, this one is made from a spot on the cliffs to the north of the lighthouse.
Hope you enjoy and come visit us.
Knapp
Portland, Maine
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Thanks to all of you for your comments. My wife and I picnic at Portland Head often and so we have thousands of images of it. Getting the sunrise in the summer is great except for it being so early. In the winter the sun rises at a much more civilized time but then you have to deal with ice and snow on the path to the location for the best winter composition. The early light is worth what ever it takes to get the shot. In this area we do not have a great location for sunset photos so we concentrate on the sunrises.
I have been out at the lighthouse this week setting up for a shot I am going to try to get next week on the summer solstice. What I am trying to do is get sunrise images at both the summer and winter solstice from the same location. I plan to shot a pano as there is about a 66 degree difference in the position of the sun. I tried several lens and have decided to use a 35mm prime, vertical, and make 6 shots 15 degrees apart. I tried using a fisheye and a 10 degree lens to get the entire spread in one shot but I liked the added flexibility a pano will give me.
This is my test pano take with the 35mm lens:
At the summer solstice the sun will rise near the location of Ram Ledge Light, the small dot on the horizon to the left. At the winter solstice the sun will rise just to the left of Portland Head Light.
You can see a few more lighthouse images at http://www.stonecoastphotography.com/Collections/Lighthouses/14732080_Rg4Af.
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